Zequinha (Portuguese footballer)

Zequinha

Personal information
Full name	José Egas dos Santos Branco
Date of birth	(1987-01-07) 7 January 1987
Place of birth	Setúbal, Portugal
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Arouca
Number	87
Youth career
1994–2004	Vitória Setúbal
2004–2005	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2009	Porto B	3	(0)
2006–2007	→ Tourizense (loan)	18	(5)
2007	→ Penafiel (loan)	3	(0)
2008	→ Gondomar (loan)	12	(2)
2008–2009	→ Gil Vicente (loan)	25	(4)
2009–2011	Olhanense	17	(1)
2011	→ Fátima (loan)	11	(1)
2011–2013	AEL 1964	48	(10)
2013–2014	Panthrakikos	15	(2)
2014–2015	Vitória Setúbal	42	(6)
2015–	Arouca	13	(1)
International career
2006–2007	Portugal U20	13	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2016

José Egas dos Santos Branco (born 7 January 1987), known as Zequinha, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for F.C. Arouca as a forward.

Club career

Born in Setúbal, Zequinha was an unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Porto. Zequinha went on to serve consecutive loans in the following three years after having appeared for the B-side – and only three times – in both the country's second and third divisions (G.D. Tourizense, F.C. Penafiel, Gondomar S.C. and Gil Vicente FC).

In the 2009 summer, he was released and joined top level newcomer S.C. Olhanense on a free transfer, penning a three-year contract. He made his debut in the competition on 16 August, playing 20 minutes in a 0–0 away draw against Associação Naval 1º de Maio.

In July 2011 Zequinha moved abroad, signing for two years with AEL 1964 FC in Greece. After two seasons in division two he signed with Panthrakikos F.C. in the Superleague where he stayed until 7 January 2014, signing with his very first club Vitória de Setúbal three days later.

International career

Zequinha represented Portugal at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, playing and starting all four matches for the team, albeit without scoring. In the round-of-16 defeat against Chile (0–1), he stripped referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh of his red card as the judge was going to send his teammate Mano off; subsequently he received his marching orders as well, and both players were suspended from international football, Zequinha for one year.

External links

• Zequinha at footballzz.co.uk
• Zequinha profile at ForaDeJogo
• Zequinha – FIFA competition record
• Zequinha at Soccerway